Download music to listen offline

You can download music you've purchased or added to Google Play to your mobile device or computer so you can listen when you don't have an Internet connection. If you subscribe to Google Play Music, you can also download subscription tracks to your mobile device.

Note: Signing out of your account will remove downloaded music from your device.

Get music

Download your music

Open the Google Play Music app .

Tap an album or playlist.

Tap Download .

If you need to remove or stop a download in progress, tap Download .

Download subscription music

If you're a subscriber, you can also download subscription albums, playlists, and radio stations. Any songs you've downloaded as part of your subscription will be available offline as long as your subscription is active.

When you download using Safari, Internet Explorer, or Firefox, you can download a song to your computer two times. When you use Google Play Music for Chrome or Music Manager, you can download to your computer an unlimited amount of times.

Some Android devices support external SD card memory. If your Android device is running Android 4.4+, here's how to save music to your SD card.

Open the Google Play Music app .

Tap Menu SettingsStorage locationExternal.

You can save music to your SD card, but you can't transfer music from your SD card to another device.

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